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In the months preceding her win at the World Championships, Stanković won gold medals at the European under-21 Taekwondo Championships in Bulgaria and the Belgian Open. In June 2017, Stanković participated in the women's flyweight class (up to 49 kg) at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She defeated Olympic bronze medallist Patimat Abakarova of Azerbaijan in her first match, going on to defeat another Olympic bronze medallist, Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand, in the final to become World Champion. Her gold medal was Serbia's first-ever gold medal at the World Championships. Stanković won a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, where she reached the semi-finals of the women's 49 kg event before losing to Kristina Tomić of Croatia. In 2019, she won the US Open G2 category event in Las Vegas in the women's 49 kg event, winning all five of her bouts including the final against German Ela Aydin. She also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won her first match and was then eliminated by eventual gold medalist Merve Dinçel of Turkey. In August 2023, Stanković won a gold medal in the European Championships Olympic Weight Categories in Tallinn, Estonia, in the women's 49 kg category.References
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